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He reconstructs and then criticizes a familiar approach to the moral foundations of classical liberalism which rests on the maximization of negative freedom and then frames an alternative theory centered in the obligation to protect positive freedom in doing so he parts company not only with utilitarianism and contractarianism but also with . 31 autonomy and the foundations of liberalism so the autonomy that grounds basic rights and which connects to moral responsibility as this concept is thought to do is assigned to persons without essential reference to other people institutions or traditions within which they may live and act critics claim however that such a view . Moral and political theorists who espouse egalitarianism and marxism tend to assume that it is extremely hard if not impossible to put forward an original and plausible moral justification of classical liberalism horacio spector is concerned to build just such a justification. Classical liberalism and the basic income matt zwolinski 2011 basic income studies 6 21 14 horacio spector autonomy and rights the moral foundations of liberalism oxford clarendon press 1992 pp 196. Get this from a library autonomy and rights the moral foundations of liberalism horacio spector moral and political theorists who espouse egalitarianism and marxism tend to assume that it is extremely hard if not impossible to put forward an original and plausible moral justification of